Joel jenkins



(No Model.)

J. JENKINS.

Snap Hook.

No. 229,137. Patented June 22,1889.

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JOEL JENKINS, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

SNAP-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,137, dated June 22, 1880. Application filed April 24, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOEL JENKINS, of Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Snap-Hook; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification.

This invention is in the nature of an improved snap-hook; and the invention consists in a snap-hook made from a single piece of wire and having a twisted shank, in the manner hereinafter described.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 represents a side View of my improved snaphook, and Fig. 2 a front view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both figures.

My hook is constructed entire from a single piece of wire, which is turned once or twice, as

at a, to form the spring. From this turn or spring the wire is continued in two branches, A and B, nearly parallel with each other. One of these branches, A, is doubled to form an eye, I), with parallel sides, and twisted and curved at c to form a hook, O, and shank, its end being finally secured to the branch, as at (Z. The other branch, B, is extended somewhat beyond the eye, and it is turned up to form on its end a head, 6.

Now, my snap-hook being in this way constructed, it is operated by inserting the article to be attached to it (as the ring of an eyeglass or other article) in the hook 0, after which the branch 13 is pressed down until the head 6 on its end is beneath the eye I), when, by the elastic force of the spring a, this head a is forced up between the sides of and within the eye,

locking the head within the eye and preventin gits displacement. therefrom until the branch B is again depressed, pushing the head 6 from the eye to remove the eyeglass or other article attached to it.

This construction of a snap-hook not only produces a hook that is easily operated, but it is cheaply made and strong, and supplies a want long feltthat is, a cheap and easilyadjusted means of attaching eyeglasses and similar articles to their guards.

The snap-hook hereinbefore described is equally applicable to many purposes for which the more expensive catches are now employed.

It will be seen that from the construction of my snap-hook, no matter how great the strain may be on the hook itself, the branch B cannot be detached from the hook as long as its head 0 remains locked in the eye I), and that the office of this eye is not only to secure the end of the branch B to the hook, but it also StlffBIlS the hook itself and prevents it from being bent out of shape by the strain that may be applied to it, and by twisting the shank of the hook it is rendered stiifer and better able to resist strain.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A snap-hook constructed from a single piece of wire and bent to form a spring, on, eye b, withparallel sides, tongue or branch B, with head 0 atthe end thereof, and atwisted shank, substantially as and for the purpose described. JOEL JENKINS.

Witnesses:

H. L. WATTENBERG, G. M. PLYMPTON. 

